People in US are less concerned about health inequality than those in other countries

US citizens experience “relatively low levels of moral discomfort” over the gap in access to healthcare between rich and poor people, a study has found.1

The international study, which analyzed people’s perception of their health in relation to their income, found that Americans were less concerned about differences in access to healthcare related to income than people in other countries.

In general, Americans were less likely to consider disparities resulting from income differences to be unfair. Although 67% of US respondents said that “many” people in the country did not have access to …